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My pledge class was a late spring pledging and we were held over for the summer. It was actually fairly common on my campus because we were on the quarter system and our structured informal spring rush was always in April, at the start of spring term. It actually worked well because we always initiated these spring rush classes before school even started, during the first week of pre-rush workshops so the initiation week activities became a nice break from rush workshops and everyone was around and not stressed out by school for our initiation.
Some of the things we did to help keep these girls connected for the summer - make sure big sisters are assigned before summer break. Also if you have a house and the girls are moving in for the next fall, assign them to their roommates and make sure they're girls who will keep in touch with your new members over the summer. Also, if it's feasible, assign them to a rotation group for recruitment as well. Basically as many "groups" and people you can keep them in touch with, the more they'll feel a part of things. I got so much mail the summer I was a new member and it really did keep me feeling as if I was a part of the group.
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